You can buy a drink at a bar with a small wait in line. They don't want to wait in ridiculous lines before entering. They don't want to be told that they can't drink while gaming. local time on Sunday, May 14th to play down to a winner. They want to relax, lose some money, have a drink and then go home. The surviving players from all three flights – of which there are 293 (69 from Day 1a, 105 from 1b, and 119 from 1c) – will return at 11 a.m. They were joined by MSPT champs Umut Ozturk (393,000), Jason Ramos (368,000), Aaron Massy (331,000), Tim Burden (250,000), and MSPT Hall of Famer Rob WazWaz (219,000).Īmong those to see their night end on Day 1c were MSPT Hall of Famers Rich Alsup & Aaron Johnson, along with former MSPT FireKeepers champions Bobby Noel & Mike Shanahan. Tecumseh has served as the casinos vice president of human resources since 2014. Others to bag big stacks where James Gregg (585,000), two-time MSPT champ Jason Zarlenga (580,00), Anthony Sedlak (480,000), and Ryan Scully (467,000) who round out the top five. The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi has named Frank Tecumseh as the new CEO of FireKeepers Casino Hotel. Day 1c of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) FireKeepers $1,110 Main Event attracted a massive 996 runners, which along with 1a's 580 and 1b’s 895, brought the total field up to 2,471 entries, setting yet another MSPT record at FireKeepers.Īt the end of the third and final flight, 119 players bagged and tagged with Caleb King bagging the top stack with 675,000.